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Historic
Mustang A68-110: Fancy a snifter?
Ever since his first inspirational flight in an Australian Mustang,...
The RAF in Asia: To war with a vengeance
Former air gunner Bob Harvey spent much of the war in the back seat of a Vultee Vengeance...
Glory Days: Winged Springboks
Andrew Thomas presents fascinating images of South African Air Force aircraft...
Korean War: Dual Identity
A reconnaissance version of Northrop’s mighty P-61 Black Widow played a vital role...
Gatwick Nightshoot: Growling in the Night
Gatwick Aviation Museum, in partnership with Threshold.aero, held its second photography nightshoot...
Military
Israel moves forward with CH-53K acquisition
Israel’s quest for the Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion has moved forward after the Israeli Air Force signed a Letter of Acceptance agreement with the US government on December 30 to purchase the heavy-lift transport helicopter
New UK military ATM system operational
A new Air Traffic Management (ATM) system is up and running at RAF Shawbury, with variants of the system intended to be rolled out across more than 60 UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) sites
China to enhance aerial refuelling capabilities with new Y-20U tanker
We examine China's new Xi'an Y-20U tanker aircraft, which stretched its legs for the first time during a probe of Taiwan's ADIZ in late 2021, and details how the new platform will boost the PLAAF's air-to-air refueling capabilities
Commercial
Farnborough Airport Changes Hands
FARNBOROUGH, THE UK’s only dedicated business aviation airport,...
Flight Simulation
PC Pilot Issue 119 Downloads
Specially selected freeware and videos of flight sims reviewed in the January-February 2019 issue.
Spitfire A Flight Simmer’s Guide - Part 1
In the first instalment of this two-part guide to Spitfire simulations, we examined the essential features of each of the products under discussion, namely: Aeroplane Heaven’s Mk I, A2A Simulations’ MK I and II, DCS’ Spitfire LF Mk IX, Cliffs of Dover’s Mk I and II and RealAir Sim’s Mk IX and XIV.
